who would deny half these? me!
Gin, toddies, large measures,
no skimping if you please.
life is a game of chance.
It's a fine life, a fine life
Though it ain't all jolly old
It's a fine life, a fine life
When you got someone to love
You forget your cares and strife
Let the prudes look down on us,
let the wide world frown on us,
Who cares if straight laces
sneer at us in the street?
Fine airs and fine graces
don't have to sin to eat.
We wander through London,
who knows what we may find
There's pockets left undone
taking it like it turns out
It's a fine life, fine life
It's a fine life, fine life
Though you sometimes do come by
The occasional black -eye
while he blacks the other one
No flounces, no feathers,
All winds and all weathers
Ain't good for fancy clothes
What future? What matters?
We can't have bed and board
threaten to bring the plague in
But the grass is green and dense
on the right side of the fence
And we take good care of it,
that we get our share of it
If you don't mind having to like or lump it
It's a fine life, fine life
Although there's no tea sipping
It's a fine life, fine life
Not for me, the happy home,
happy husband, happy wife
Though it sometimes touches me,
for the likes of such as me